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c : personals : % Mrs. P. B. Carwile, of Level Land, was on our streets Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown spent Thursday and Friday in Newberry with friends. Mrs^ C. B. Wilson has returned from a visit to her father in Brevard, North Carolina. Mrs. A. M. Reid is in Chester spending some time with her daugh ter, Mrs. P. H. -Wilkes. Miss Mary Grace Wilson is the attractive visitor of Miss Kate Hask ell on Greenville street. Mr. C. G. McAllister, of Latimer was on our streets Tuesday talking about the price of cotton. Miss Nelle Grubb has returned to Limestone College, after spending the holidays with her parents. Mrs. M. R. Hatcher returned to ^ her home in Townville Tuesday af ter spending the past two weeks with her sister, Mrs. J. C. Cox. (Miss Mary Hart and Miss Kath leen Griffin, of Williamston, were Sunday visitors at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Guyton. Alvin Nance, of Monterey, came to t town Tuesday to see how the town ^ looked since getting into the '21 ^ class. Dr. John G. Edwards and little daughter, of Edgefield are spending a few days here with Mrs. John G. Edwards. > r Miss Gladys Brazeal has returned ^ to Sacred Heart College, Belmont, ? N. C.f after spending the holidays with her parents. Lowrie Wilson has gone to Spring field where he will spend a short va cation with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilson. Mrs. I. E. Culbreth, who hasn't been well for sometime, has been quite sick for the past week at her home on Magazine street. Misses Sophia Reames, Gwen Bris tow and Ethel Perry returned to An derson College yesterday to take up their work after the holidays. Mrs. J. A. Dickson, one of the most, energetic women in the county came to town Tuesday to see if things were hustling up at tms end ot tne ^ line. a Gapt. Sam Seal, who is now a big ! man in Georgia, came over this week and spent several days with his mother who suffered such a . serious fall last Friday. s Mrs. James Shelley, of Abbeville, has been visiting Mrs. Willett Sloan on the way to her former home in North Carolina.?Anderson Daily Mail. Mrs. Johnnie Bates, of Atlanta, and Miss Mary Cross of Columbia, are the guests this week of Mrs B. F Cheatham at her home on Pinckney street. Reese Hall, who has been one of the big bosses at W. D. Barkdale's for a number of years, has changed his base and will help protect the interests of the Seaboard from now on. His friends wish him success. Miss Bessie Cothran came over during the Christmas and spent sev eral days with her friends here. She is a student at Randolph-Macon and spent the holidays with her aunt, Mrs. Durst. Mrs. R. L. McCracken, who made so many friends here as Miss Eliza | c Lindsay, has been in the city since n Monday visiting her friend, Mrs. j v Elbert Corley. She returns to Colum- | v bia Thursday. Miss Hamilton, the new teacher >f Latin at the High school, arrived n Abbeville Tuesday and was at vork Wednesday morning. Miss-Sadie Welsh left this after loon for her home in Monroo-after t pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs. frank Welsh. Little Winona Welsh joes home with her and will spend iome time. Lowry Wilson who has been with 5arker and Reese since being must sred out as a soldier, is making a :hange with the New Year and has i position with the Post Office. He vill be at the sta. .p window and is eady to "lick" the stamps for all | ha ivrot+v on rlc Mrs. J. H. Walker and daughter, tfiss Helen, of Atlanta, are in the ity for a visit of several days with tfr., Walker. Miss Myra Williams, the daugh er of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Williams ind a scholarship girl at Winthrop, eturned to the ^college Wednesday. Misses Lydia Owens, Mary Stev-: snson, Cornelia and Ophelia Clink cales, Mary Reed Moore, lone' Stevenson and Margaret Wilson re turned to Winthrop College Wed lesday and will stick to hard study or the next few months. BACK TO WORK Dayis Kerr froliced an extra day n Abbeville leaving Tuesday for Vashington and Lee College. Mr.\ ind Mrs. Kerr entertained a pleas mt family party at tea Tuesday as i good-bye. BACK AT SCHOOL. Misses Daisy and Willie Lanier' nd Jennie Nance of Monterey, pass d through Abbeville Tuesday on i heir way to Due West where they I i-ill resume their studies in the' Vcman's College. MRS. FULP ENTERTAINS Mrs. J. D. Fulp entertained at two j lelightful parties Tuesday at her Lome on North Main street, haying wo tables of bridge in the morning nd one in the afternoon. There is lwavs a charming: gaiety about j Irs. Fulp's parties and Tuesday was j 10 exception to the rule. After the ' :ames plates of sliced turkey, stuff-1 d prunes, pickles and coffee were' erved to the following ladies: Mrs.; V. M. Barnwell, Mrs. Frank Gary, Irs. Otto Bristow, Mrs. Herman i Jenton, Mrs. L. C. Parker, Mrs. T.! j. Davis, Mrs. Lewis Perrin, Mrs. Villiamson, Mrs. T. Gordon White, j Irs. C. D. Brown, Mrs. S. G. Thom \ on and Mrs. W. P. Greene. . The morning party was a lovely; ompliment to Mrs. T.hos. L. Davis, | irho is here from New York spend-I ng some time wither parents, Mr. j ,nd Mrs. J. S. Stark. MRS. SMITH ENTERTAINS Mrs. J. Allen Smith entertained Iiss Kilgore, the Brazillian Missicn .ry. Tuesday morning at a pleasant nformal party. Ladies particularly nterested in missions were invited to neet Miss Kilgore and they listened irith interest to her experiences. Dur ng the morning refreshments were j erved. Mrs. Smith's guests were: Mrs. ,aura Lcve, Miss Baskin, Mrs. C. A. rlilford, Mrs. Sam Wilson, Mrs. W. P Vham, Mrs. Stuart Miller, Mrs. S. X Cilgore, of Newberry, Mrs. M. H. Vilson, Mrs T. M. Miller, Mrs. W. H Vhite, Mrs R. E Cox, Mrs. J. C Thomson, Mrs OUie Muller, Miss )rene Mcllwaine, Mrs. A. B. Morse | Irs. Wyatt Aiken, Mrs. Gordon I Vhite. AT THE POOR HOUSE. Thomas Hunter has been selected ly the incoming supervisor as super htendent of the County Farm. Mr. j laddon has moved. He and Mrs. i laddon have been in charge of the j arm for several years, and the re-' orts of the Board of Charities and Corrections made from time to time iave shown that they have been en rgetic in trying to make the home or the poor a good place for the in flates to live. Considering the sur oundings, they have been very suc essful. There are many improve nents which have been suggested and vhich might be made in normal times i-hich would greatly improve condi !o;.s for the county's poor. i THE NEW OFFICERS. None of the new county officers have yet taken over the offices. This is due to the fact that the surety i company which writes the bonds, for 1 the officers overlooked a recent act < of the General Assembly in filing j the bonds. It is expected that Sheriff < McLane and Supervisor Keller will i take charge by Friday or Saturday, i Mr. Keller announces that he has J appointed Mr. Cheves Sondley as i Cleric in his office. Mr. Sondley is an j J experienced book-keeper and will be I ] of great assistance to Mr. Keller. |l No announcement, so far as we < I have heard, has been made by Mr. ] McLane as to his deputy. It is gen- : erally expected that Mr. T. L. Cann ] who has been deputy for Sheriff i Burts, and who is well acquainted ; with the work of the office, will be 1 retained by Mr. McLane for a time. < Whether or not he will be perma- < nently appointed has not yet been learned. ] ^/\??nv HfriTTiM^ Ai A VAD CI IT P Lvmri uiu in/wvi\ * v^-* j Since the resignation of Miss Rad cliffe, Latin teacher at the High school, some time ago, Major Fulp has carried, on the Latin classes, much to th^sdelight of the school children. Befbre the holidays the ninth grade met after school and petitioned Major Fulp to continue teaching Latin, sending along with the petition a handsome fountain pen as a mark of their esiteem. The Major thanked the class in a polite letter which was written in Classic Latin. The children had made such progress that they knew what he was talking about. A NEW YEAR PARTY Miss Mary White gave'a party on New Year Eve to the young people of the town entertaining about fifty at diffprent card games. The bright 1 decorations the pretty young girls 5 and manly boys made a most attrac- '< tive scene. Refreshments of char- ] lotte, cake and bon-bons were serv- ' ed after which the young people went down on the Square to help herald the coming of the New Year. r* nesting. Misses Lila Richey and Leo Wil son, of White's dry goods; Miss Mary Sharp and Mrs. Blessing from Had don-Wilson's; Miss Lillian McCanty from Philson & Henry's; Miss Nelle Murphy, Miss Sara Gibert and Mrs. Albert Wilson from Mrs. Cochran's are out of these stores and are taking a rest until the spring season. home AGAIN. Mr and Mrs. S. J. Link are at home j again after an extended honeymoon j trip to New York, Baltimore and J ^ Washington. They are at home to fVioir* iVionr?c rin \7iorma cfroot A HAPPY MARRIAGE. Mr. W. T. Hunter and Miss Willie Able were married Tuesday after noon at four o'clock at the Baptist; parsonage by Rev. Louis J. Bristow. I ] Both the young people are well 1 known over the county and their 1 friends wish them a long and happy life. 1 MRS. ARNOLD SICK. Friends of Mrs. Carter Arnold will j i be glad to know that she is recovering I satisfactorily from an attack of i diphtheria which kept her confined to ' i her bed during the Christmas holi- r days. Mrs. Arnold came over from j Elberton to spend the time with her j ] parents Dr. and Mrs. Hill and \vas.j taken sick on Monday. ATLANTA VISITORS. .( | ( Mis. James W. Walker and herjj daughter, Miss Helen Walker are in j the city from Atlanta spending some! ( time with Mr. Walker at the home , of Mr. G. T. Tate. Mr. Walker is at t the Seaboard shops and will move his , family to Abbeville in the spring. 1 ENTERTAINING THE VISITORS r Mrs. Mason DuPre of Spartan- \ burg and her young daughter, Miss ] Betty, spent several days last weeki<i i with Miss Mary DuPre on Magazine j t street. Wednesday afternoon Missj. DuPre entertained a neighborhood, g party of friend in honor of her visit-! or. After an hour of pleasant chat,! fruit cake and coffee were serve*1.. ( Our people were charmed with Mrs. Dui re. MRS. W; D. BARKDALE ILL; HAS NARROW ESCAPE Mrs. W. D. Barksdale had a nar row escape from death Monday. She ivas ill all day Sunday being threat jned with an attack of acute indi gestion to which she is subject. Sun day night she took a dose of calo mel, which nauseated her very nuch all day Monday. About noon Monday she became extremely nau seated, and was forced to lie down for a little while. Thinking to re lieve her sifffering she took a bot tle of chloroform and inhaled some dI it irom the open bottle, it is sup posed that she inhaled more than she intended. At any rate she drop ped off to sleep. The bottle which she held in her hand was dropped and being open it was spilled be tween her arm and her face. This :aused her to continue to inhale the 3rug. One of the clerks at the store having been sent to the house at about this time, on entering heard Mrs. Barksdale breathing heavily, and upon, investigation found her unconscious. Physicians were sum moned and in a little while she be ?an to revive, though she did not re gain full consciousness for four or five hours. Mts. Barksdale has been extreme ly sick since then, suffering a great deal from the effects of the chloro from which she inhaled. She has been suffering each day from ex treme nausea, but today is much improved. The accident recalls many similar :ases in Abbeville where people lave come near losing their lives from inhaling this drug under simi far ^circumstances. THE MASON'S DINE. The Masons of / Abbeville enter tained themselves at a handsome >upperv last Friday night and were ible to greet the New Year in a hap py frame of mind. The supper was served in the basement of the Bap tist church and was prepared by the adies of the Methodist church under :he supervision of Mrs. W. F. Nick es. The tables we::e beautifully ap pointed, the decorations being in Christmas colors. A six course dinner *as served to about .ninety-five Ma sons. Dr. Harrison acted 'as toast naster and many pleasant and in formal toasts were made. ^ A pleasing feature of the enter tainment was the music furnished by Miss Mildred Cochran. MR. PERRIN IN BALTIMORE Mr. Thomas Grant Perrin is leav ing this afternoon over the Sea board Air Line for Baltimore where le goes to consult a specialist. Mr. Perrin has not been wen recently ind on the advice of his physician lie makes this trip. He hopes to re ;urn in the next two or three days. BRISTOW IN COLUMBIA Otto Bristow, Cashier of the Planters Bank, made a business trip i ;o Columbia Tuesday on business' natters. He returned this morning. ROSENBERG CHILDREN BETTER The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Sol H. Rosenberg who have been sick' .vith pneumonia for several days are mpvoved today. The physicians in f 2hare-e regard their condition as sat-1 s factory, though the children are \ ;ot thought to be out of danger. DECREASED PUBLIC DEBT IN DECEMBER Washington, Jan. 4.?A decrease > )f $192,93*2,073 in the public debt! luring the last month of 1920 was. innounced today by the treasury. J On December 31, the total gross iebt was $23,982,224,168 compared j vlth $24,0S7,356,128 on last Sep-' ember 30 and $26,596,701,648 on j August 31 1919 when the war debt; vas at its peak. On December 31 the total gross: lebt was $23,982,224,168 as com-| >ared with $24,175,156,244/ on INo-J ember 30. The decrease during the j ast quarter of the year amounted to | 1105,131,196 from the September 30 otal of $24,087,356,128. I PER CENT MONEY?We can se cui'e loans on City residential. property in Abbeville of 6 per cent. Simple Interest. R. L. Dar-. gan, Spartanburg, S. C., B. T.' Cochran, Abbeville, S. C. SCHOOL NEWS The schools resumed work Mon day morning after a recess for the holidays of two weeks. Practically everyone of the regular pupils re turned to finish the term and quite a few new faces were seen for the first time among the. student body. These new pupils are from families who have moved to Abbeville within the past month and most of the children have been enrolled in other schools during the first semester of the ses sion. All of the teachers had returned by Monday afternoon and no changes were necessitated from either death or marriage. This is *not guaran teed in the latter instance to hold true for next session. "The signs is right" for changes of names shortly after commencement. Mid term examinations will com mence Wednesday, January 19 last ing for five school days. Just now MR. STEVENSON ENTERTAINS Mr. W. A. Stevenson entertained the Court House population at a fine supper Tuesday evening. A few inti mate friends in addition were among the fortunate ones. Mr. Stevenson will retire from the Supervisor's of fice in a few days, and wished to have the official family of the county over which he has presided several years with him before becoming a private in the ranks. The evening was great ly enjoyed. V%I KTV LflUV wim Horse t Oxy-Cetyle: Rubber T d \\T 1, rveprni vyuir Terms Are Do Not As! LG.I Washington St. OPERA HO William DeMille's Six I 'The Prir , With Thonr j 1111o the life of a care-free less Iml.y (liil. At (lie cost to iiitn ol' tli VI llwi mi i ii mi * ft lnt? I IIIV 1 I I I f WN IV IUIV. , I (iuiiio (Mill see Thomas D tleresl rules lliat ever mo ltiufrltler. ADDKI) AT "A Lying A CENTURY AN 15 CENTS. I everybody about school is busy re viewing and "cramming" for the or deal. Pupils who have believed in preparedness and who have made general averages of over 94 per cent on their daily recitations and month ly tests will be excused from exapi-^ nations on those subjects. Where pupils are unable to attend the examinations on account of i? ness a second examination will be giv en Friday, February 4, but parent? are urged to assist the teachers by having their children present for the examinations at the scheduled time unless providentially hindered. Mr. Hinson of the Press and Ban ner force has promised us the an nuals this week and everybody is glad. A few advance copies were giv en those last year pupils who re j turned to college this week and the students were all extremely we!3 peased with the edition. Notices are being sent out to the teachers of Abbeville County today notifying them of the meeting of their association at 12:30 p. m. Sat urday, January 15 at the AbbeviBe graded school building. Lunch is to ) be served the teachers and a gooS program is being prepared for th^hr instruction and entertainment. Some good basket ball practice ? being had now by both boys' anfl girls' teams under the supervision of Mr. Daniel, Chic Galloway and Miss West. Several games have "bee? scheduled to be played in the near future. The first game here will pro bably be with Greenwood and the second yrith Clinton. CM1TTT Jlfll I ii Shoeing ne Welding H ire Fitting ; of all Kinds I J Strictly Cash i For Credit 50TTS Abbeville, S. C ft *T 1 USE hKlVAY Reel Special Production ice Chap ias Meighan. 1 bachelor toddled a home e women he loved. iaj)j)ier day, of deigluin in one of Hie ten ved acrowd to tears and 'TRACTION Tamer" IMAL COMEDY 35 CENTS